Weather-boarding tool.



T. SARLLS. WEATHER BOARDING TOOL. APPLIOAIIONTILED APR. 18, 1910.

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I. SARLLS. I WEATHER BOARDING TOOL. APPLICATION FILED APRJH, 1910.

Patented June 20, 1911.

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THEODORE SARI-LS, OF JEFFERSONTOWN, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOHENRY J. REEB AND ONE-HALF T0 GEORGE W. LAWRENCE, BOTH OF LOUISVILLE,

KENTUCKY.

WEATHER-BOARDING TOOL.

T 0 all whom a may concern:

Be it known that 1, THEODORE SARLLS, a citizen of the United States,residing at J effersontown, in the county of Jefferson and State ofKentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Veather-BoardingTools, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to carpenters tools, and more particularly tosuch tools for applying weather-boarding to buildings, and some of theobjects of my improvement are, to facilitate gaging or rather to obviatethe necessity for placing gage marks on the weather-boards beforeapplying them to the building, to facilitate cutting off and fittingweather-boards at the corner strips and window-frames, door-frames, andother openings, to provide a convenient and strong support for holdingthe weather-boards in place during the operation of marking, sawing, andnailing them on, to obviate the necessity of springing curved boards toa line by providing a substantial stop for the edge at the middle of theboard, to obviate the present practice of driving gage nails and drawingthem again, to enable a sole operative to do weather-boarding withfacility, and the saving of time and of labor in the art. These objectsand others are attained by means of the device illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view showing aportion of a wall of a building and weather-boarding in section; Fig. 2,a front edge view; Fig. 3 a detail view in perspective of the supportingbracket; Fig. 4, a perspective view; Fig. 5, an elevation of the tool inop eration; Fig. 6, a detail view of the blade upon which the points areformed; and, Fig. 7 is a perspective View of the spur.

Similar reference numbers refer to similar parts throughout the severalviews of the drawings.

- A gaging, holding and supporting bracket, 1, is mounted in a handle,2, and the handle 2 is provided with means for fastening to a wall,which preferably con sists of points, 3 and 4, and a spur, 5. Thebracket 1 is formed at its upper end with a curved upward extension, 6,for holding, and a horizontal supporting and gaging portion, 7, belowthe extension 6, and a shank, 8. The shank 8 is graduated, as shown at9. The handle 2 is formed With a Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 18, 1910.

Patented June 20, 1911. Serial No. 556,064.

longitudinal aperture, 10, adapted to receive shank 8, so that the shankmay slide and be longitudinally adjusted therein. A set-screw, 11, orother securing means is provided over the aperture 10, by means of whichshank 8 may be secured when properly adjusted. Handle 2 is formed with aface, 12, to be placed against a wall or a weather-board, and an offsetor shoulder, 13, above which is a shorter face, 14, to be placed againsta second or higher weatherboard (Fig. 1).

Extending upward, in the plane of face 12, are the points 3 and 4, whichextend be yond the shoulder 13 and are thus adapted to enter under aweather-board or engage its lower edge, so as to secure the upper end ofhandle 2 against the wall. The points 3 and 4 are preferably formed on aseparable plate, 15, laid on the face 12 and fastened by a screw, 16, inorder that the points may be easily renewed if injured or broken. Plate16 may be provided with two sets of points 3 and 4, so that it may bereversed when it becomes necessary to renew the points.

In the lower part of face 12 is inserted the spur 5. This is preferablya threaded screw which passes through a correspondingly threaded hole inhandle 2, the screw providing that when spur 5 is worn or injured it maybe advanced and filed to a new edge. It will be observed that (Fig. 1)spur 5 is straight above and beveled below. .Vith this construction whenpoints 3 and 4 are inserted under a weather-board, 17, and spur 5 thenpushed into a weather-board, 18, the spur has a tendency to force thehandle 2 upward, so that the points 3 and 4 and the shoulder 13 firmlyengage the lower edge of weather-board 17. A new spur 5 may be readilyprovided in place of one which may wear out.

The manner of using the tool will now be readily understood.

It is well known that in present practice a weather-board, 19 (Fig. 1)for example, is first applied flat against a wall or studding, 20. Allthe weather-boardmg for the house is gaged. with a mark to determlne theamount of surface to show and the amount to lap, preparatory toapplying. After the first board 19 has been applied gage nails aredriven in near the ends of the board on the gage line; the board 18 isthen placed in position and supported upon the gage nails. If it is toolong it is marked with a preacher or a try-square and then taken down,sawed off, replaced in position upon the gage nails, and nailed on. Thegage nails are then drawn out and driven in on the gage line of board18. Frequently the gage nails do not support and hold the weather-boardproperly during the operation of fitting and nailing on and it eitherdrops off bodily or one end drops off while the other is beingmanipulated. Thus much inconvenience and loss of time is experienced bythe workman. Considerable time also is consumed in placing the gagemarks on the entire length of the boards. Furthermore, it is necessaryin presentpractice while nailing on the middle portion of a board toobserve the gage marks and if the board which is being applied is sprungupward or downward to spring it until the lower edge corresponds withthe gage line. It is difficult to hold a board thus sprung, keep the eyeon the gage mark, and at the same time drive a nail to secure the boardin proper position. Vith the tool here described these difliculties areobviated. After the first board 19 has been applied successive boards,such as boards 21, (Fig. 1) may be supported, gaged, and applied withgreat facility. The handle 2 is grasped in the right hand, points 3 and1 are inserted under the lower edge of board 17, and by a push of thehand spur 5 is driven into the surface of board 18, when the tool issecurely fastened in place. One of these tools is thus placed near eachend of the wall (Fig. A board 21 is then placed behind extension (3 ofbracket 1, so that its lower edge rests upon support 7. If the board istoo long to pass in between a corner strip, 22, and a window-frame, 23,for example (Fig. '5) one end is first pushed firmly against cornerstrip 22 and the other end allowed to extend across window-frame A markmay then be made across the board with a preacher, corresponding to theouter edge of the window-frame; the board may then be drawn over, sothat the end may be sawed off as indicated by the saw cut. The board maynow be pushed back and placed in position and nailed in place. Similarsteps are pursued when fitting the boards between corner strips. Duringthese steps the board 21 is continuously supported by brackets 1 of thetool, and at the same time the lower edge is gaged without the necessityof gage marks having been previously placed thereon. If the loweredge ofthe board 21 is not straight one of the tools may be applied near themiddle. Then this is done, if the edge sags downward it will be pushedup by the tool when applied; if it bows upward it may be drawn downuntil it is decidedly stopped by its lower edge coming in contact withsupport 7 of bracket 1. At the beginning of the operation of applyingthe weather-boarding the bracket 1 may be adjusted relative to handle 2by means of'the graduation marks 9, and thus the tool may be set to thepredetermined gage without the use of a rule.

It is well known that when the weatherboarding is applied alongside of awindowframe or other opening which does not extend to the top of thewall, the showing part of the weather-boards must be gagedproportionately, so that the board at the top of the window-f tune, forexample, may be placed immediately upon the frame and yet all the boardsintermediate the top and bottom be proportionately distributed, so thatthe job presents a symmetrical appearance. In present practice in thiscase the gage marks on the boards cannot be followed, but each board isseparately gaged with a rule. This tool, on the other hand, may beadjusted to the required gage in a moment, without the use of a rule,and the work may proceed as herein previously described.

One workman may do weather-boarding on long stretches with greatfacility wit-h this tool where in present practice two are required.

Having thus described my invention, so that any one skilled in the artpertaining thereto may understand its construction and use, I claim- Ina weather-boarding gage, in combination a hand saw style handle formedwith a slot, an upper toothed plate removably secured to said handle, aspur adj ustably inserted in the lower portion of said handle, a rigidgraduated gage-bracket slidably and adjustably mounted in the slot ofsaid handle, and a set-screw so mounted in said handle that it engagessaid graduated gagebracket.

THEODORE SAR-LLS.

\Vitnesses H. J. REEB, ABRAHAM KNonEL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

